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7.__Disclosure of other contracts and agreements.__A video
lottery terminal distributor shall disclose to the Chief of
the State Police any other contracts or agreements that the
video lottery terminal distributor or a subsidiary of the
video lottery terminal distributor has made with a licensee
under this chapter.

 
8.__Restriction against proliferation.__A license may not be
issued under subsection 1 to any commercial track located
within 100 miles of any existing commercial track or to any
off-track betting facility not licensed to accept pari-mutuel
wagers on January 1, 2002.__A license may be issued under
subsection 1 to the owner of a commercial track to operate
video lottery terminals at a single off-track betting facility
licensed in accordance with Title 8, section 275-D and opened
by the commercial track after January 1, 2002.__Any off-track
betting facility may relocate its facility to a different
location within 10 miles of its existing location as long as:

 
A.__Consent to that relocation has been obtained from the
off-track betting facility located closest to the proposed
location and from any commercial track located within 50
miles of the off-track betting facility; and

 
B.__In the event the off-track betting facility is
relocated to a different municipality, the licensee has
received the approval of the municipality in which the new
facility is to be located.

 
§372.__Licensing of video lottery terminals

 
1.__License required. A video lottery terminal may not be
distributed for public use or operated in this State unless
the video lottery terminal is licensed by the Chief of the
State Police, the operator is licensed by the Chief of the
State Police and the owner of the video lottery terminal is
licensed under either section 371 or section 373.__The video
lottery terminal license must be prominently displayed on the
video lottery terminal.__Language describing the odds of
winning the game and warning of the danger of compulsive
gambling must also be prominently displayed on the video
lottery terminal.

 
2.__Requirements for license.__To be licensed under
subsection 1, a video lottery terminal:

 
A.__May offer only games permitted by the Chief of the
State Police;

 
B.__May not have any means of manipulation that affect the
random probabilities of winning a game;


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